Mechanical Analysis Kiwi’s texture and skin using Texture Analyzer set
Journal Title: International Journal of Farming and Allied Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Crop quality in agricultural production is one of the most important indexes. Therefore, during production, measuring and investigating properties affecting on quality are necessary. One of the qualify characteristic in agricultural products is their toughness. In this research, sample’s toughness was investigated based on completely random design by penetrometer. Texture analyzer was equipped with a probe with mm diameter and penetration rate was . mm. The purpose of this study was to investigate the skin effect on toughness of kiwi and also mechanical properties of this fruit. Based on results of variance analysis of penetration force, transformation and Young Modulus, there was no significant differences between peeled and unpeeled kiwi in probability level of . So it is indicated that kiwi peel was not tough enough to protect the fruit texture against loading. Matching of Bio yield and rupture point in derived curves of unpeeled kiwi showed that kiwi had no tight peel. On the other hand, Bio yield and rupture points of texture curves were not matching. So it was concluded that kiwi texture was tight and almost completely resisted against loading.
Authors and Affiliations
M. R. Larijani, M. R. Salar, H. Kargarpour
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